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Today in History

Wed, August 21, 2019 | 19:02

SATURDAY, JULY 6, 2019

1535 - Sir Thomas More executed in England for treason, 1785 - Congress resolves U.S. currency named “dollar” and adopts decimal coinage

2019-07-05 19:16

FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019

1643 - First recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts) 1687 - Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England 1811 - Venezuela, first South American country to gain independence from Spain 1830 - France invades Algeria, begins a 40-year conquest 1932 - Oliveira Salazar becomes dictator of fascist Portugal1935 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt sig...

2019-07-04 15:23

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2019

1054 - Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days), 1776 - Declaration of Independence: U.S. gains independence from Britain

2019-07-03 17:59

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

1806 - Michael Keens exhibits first cultivated strawberry, 1819 - First savings bank in U.S. (Bank of Savings in New York City) opens its doors

2019-07-02 18:06

TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2019

1777 — Vermont becomes first American colony to abolish slavery 1863 – Battle of Gettysburg (second day) 1867 — First U.S. elevated railroad begins service 1890 – Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies 1906 — Yanks win by forfeit, for their first time 1921 — First million dollar gate ($1.7 million) boxing match (Dempsey KOs C...

2019-07-01 17:19

MONDAY, JULY 1, 2019

1535 - Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason 1690 - Army of England’s Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of the Boyne in Ireland

2019-06-30 17:41

SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019

1613 - Shakespeare’s Globe Theater burns down 1767 - British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America

2019-06-28 17:51

FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2019

1770 - Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia 1838 - Britain’s Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey

2019-06-27 19:37

THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019

1693 - First woman’s magazine "The Ladies’ Mercury" published (London) 1743 - English defeat French at Dettingen

2019-06-26 17:40

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019

1797 - Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. 1848 - First pure food law enacted in U.S.

2019-06-25 17:49

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